International perspectives on emergency department crowding

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1358-1370

  Pines, Jesse M ^a   Hilton, Joshua A ^b   Weber, Ellen J ^c   Alkemade, Annechien J ^d   Al Shabanah, Hasan ^e   Anderson, Philip D ^f   Bernhard, Michael ^g   Bertini, Alessio ^h   Gries, André ^g   Ferrandiz, Santiago ⁱ   Kumar, Vijaya Arun ^l   Harjola, Veli Pekka ^j   Hogan, Barbara ^k   Madsen, Bo ^f   Mason, Suzanne ^m   Öhlén, Gunnar ⁿ   Rainer, Timothy ^o   Rathlev, Niels ^p   Revue, Eric ^q   Richardson, Drew ^r   Sattarian, Mehdi ^s   Schull, Michael J ^t   more..

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d T Lange Land Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^e KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h Tuscany Emergency Medicine Project in Collaboration with Harvard International   (Italy)

ⁱ C Agy Hlth Technol Assess Res   (Spain)

^j HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^k Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Altona   (Germany)

^l Olean General Hospital   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^o CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^p TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q Prehospital and Emergency Medicine   (France)

^r The Australian National University   (Australia)

^s GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CROWDING; DENMARK; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FINLAND; FRANCE; FUNDING; GERMANY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INDIA; IRAN; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SAUDI ARABIA; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CROWDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 83655202996     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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